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Charges for services or supplies not
listed in the covered medical services provision; charges for
complications of treatment or surgery resulting from an excluded
service or procedure; charges for complications resulting from the
covered person leaving an inpatient or outpatient facility against the
advice of the covered person’s physician.
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Charges for drugs or medications.
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Free treatment or charges that, in the
absence of our coverage, the covered person is not required to pay.
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Charges for missed appointments, and
provider administrative fees.
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Charges for the services of a standby
physician except in limited circumstances.
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Charges for treatment of the covered
person’s intentionally self-inflicted illness or injury, whether
sane or insane.
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Charges for treatment of an illness or
injury caused by or contributed by: caused by or contributed by: (a)
employment; (b) the participation in the military service; (c) war or
act of war, (d) commission of a felony; or (e) participation in
illegal activities or riot.
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Charges for treatment of an illness or
injury that occurs while the covered person has been under the
influence of illegal narcotics or non-prescribed controlled substance.
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Charges for injury sustained while: (a)
participating in any intercollegiate sport: (b) traveling to or from
such sport as a participant; or (c) participating in any practice or
conditioning program for such sport.
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Charges for cosmetic treatment of
surgery and any complications arising from such treatment or surgery.
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Charges for hearing aids; eyeglasses;
contact lenses; eye exams; eye refraction; eye surgery for correction
of refraction error, orthotics or corrective shoes; repairs to or
prosthetic devices; or routine foot care.
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Charges for normal pregnancy or
childbirth, cesarean sections or routing newborn nursery care; genetic
testing, counseling or therapy including but not limited to,
amniocentesis and chorionic villi testing; intrauterine or fetal
treatment or surgery; abortion; except as provided in the
Complications of Pregnancy Provision; treatment of sexual dysfunction;
transsexual surgery; infertility diagnosis and treatment; oocyte
retrieval; artificial insemination; in-vitro fertilization; surrogate
pregnancy; fees associated with sperm banking; and sterilization or
reversal of sterilization.
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Charges for treatment, medications or
hormones and any other treatment or surgery for weight control or
obesity.
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Charges for treatment of psychiatric
conditions of substance abuse.
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Charges for dental treatment including
dental braces or appliances to a sound tooth.
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Charges for services rendered by or
supplies purchased from a member of the covered person’s extended
family or a person residing with the covered person.
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If the covered person is eligible for
Medicare, that part of any charge for which a benefit would be paid
under Medicare to a person enrolled under Parts A and B of Medicare,
regardless of whether such person actually was enrolled. This does not
apply when the benefits of this plan are, by law, primary to those of
Medicare.
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Charges for treatment, repair or
removal of the tonsils or adenoids.
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Charges for services rendered and
supplies received which are not for treatment of illness of injury.
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Charges for living expenses; and travel
or transportation expenses.
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Charges for treatment of chronic pain
disorders; biofeedback; aversion therapy; custodial care; help
programs; services of a non-physician surgical assistant; services
rendered by a masseur, masseuse or rolfer; health club membership fees
or exercise equipment.
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Charges for experimental or
investigational services.
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Charges incurred outside of the United
States or its possessions or Canada.
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Charges for which we are unable to
determine our liability because you failed to provide us with the
necessary information.
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Charges incurred during a hospital
confinement prior to surgery unless the admission is medically
necessary for an emergency.
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The first $500 of otherwise covered
charges not authorized in accordance with the Benefit Management
Program provision or any expense for an organ transplant if the
procedure was not authorized prior to any organ evaluation, testing or
donor search.
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Charges incurred after coverage
terminates.
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Charges incurred for a condition for
which there is other liability insurance providing medical payments or
medical expense coverage.
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See policy for complete explanations of
exclusions.